Al Aan TV | |
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Launched | 2006 |
Owned by | Tower Media Middle East |
Picture format | 16:9 (Widescreen, SDTV) |
Slogan | Start the conversation |
Country | UAE |
Language | Arabic |
Broadcast area | Pan-Arab Region |
Headquarters | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Website | www.alaan.tv www.akhbaralaan.net |
Availability
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Satellite | |
Nilesat 201 | 11938 V - 27500 - 3/4 [1] |
Badr4 | 12111 H - 27500 - 3/4 [2] |
E-Vision Channel | 155 [3] |
DU Channel | 679 [4] |
'Al Aan' (Arabic: قناة الآن) is a pan-Arab infotainment satellite television station based in Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.
The channel focuses on news content and entertainment programs and targets Arab families with a slight tilt towards young female audience in the Arab world.
Al Aan is free-to-air at Arabsat and Nilesat or via SFR and Free in France.
The channel came into spotlight when it aired a rare video of a woman being stoned to death by Taliban in Orakzai Agency Pakistan.
Al Aan TV was the only TV station in the world to film and report the funeral of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after his death in 2011 Libyan civil war.
Famous TV personality Maysaa Maghrabi () has been linked to Al Aan TV for a reality show Maysaa Bela Hdood, which sheds light on violence and crime against Arab women.